Ed/Tech must-reads 090424

BJET Special section: Human-centred design of learning analytics from British Journal of Educational Technology

The field of learning analytics - using our massive data lakes of everything students do to understand and teach them better - has been an interesting one. As with many ed techs, the potential has excited a lot of people and volumes of work have been written. Some modest tools have been built as well which have helped learners. But there has always been a sense of the dog chasing the car with learning analytics. What exactly does it do when it catches it?

This special section from Buckingham-Shum et al. offers a glimpse at the latest work and ideas in the field, as researchers and educators try to bring more humanity to the project. Ranging across student empowerment, the practicalities of getting educators to adopt LA practices (and how to support them) and building better dashboards, this is worth a look.

UDL Guidelines 3.0 up for feedback from CAST

The one-time Centre for Applied Special Technology (now just CAST) is a non-profit that has driven this comprehensive set of standards for accessible design of learning through the Universal Design for Learning framework for many years. The newest version is now available and they are keen to see your feedback. This is some dense but invaluable work and something that everybody benefits from. The guidelines run to 45 pages.

Call for Proposals: 2024 Eportfolio Forum (Dual delivery) from ePortfolios Australia

I have never understood why ePortfolios don’t get more love in education. Sure, they seem complicated but the richness of learning (and evidence of learning) that they can capture - particularly in terms of the process of learning - is hard to beat. Given the hot mess that assessment is in now, in the age of ChattyG, it might be time to dust off your Mahara and take another look. The 2024 ePortforum will be held in September at USQ in Toowoomba.

Transforming Assessment SIG webinar Weds 10th April, 5pm AEST: Frenemies - ChatGPT within Assessments from ASCILITE

Speaking of the hot mess that assessment have become, this webinar from Matthew Wysel (UNE) offers 5 innovative assessment designs to consider when working with our digital overlords.